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Eros Blue
Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Lycaenidae - gossamer-winged butterflies »  genus Polyommatus »  species group eros

Scientific synonyms

Papilio eros Ochsenheimer, 1808 o
Polyommatus icarus eros Stephens, 1827
Lycaena tithonus f. caerulea Courvoisier, 1910 (unavailable name) unav.
Lycaena eros ab. caerulescens Oberthür, 1884 (unavailable name) unav.
Lycaena tithonus f. elongata Courvoisier, 1910 (unavailable name) unav.
Lycaena tithonus ab. hermaphroditus Courvoisier, 1910 (unavailable name) unav.
Lycaena tithonus f. impuncta Courvoisier, 1910 (unavailable name) unav.
Lycaena tithonus f. klaphecki Courvoisier, 1910 (unavailable name) unav.
Lycaena tithonus f. punctifera Courvoisier, 1910 (unavailable name) unav.
Lycaena tithonus f. tripuncta Courvoisier, 1910 (unavailable name) unav.

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Images

Polyommatus eros eros

Polyommatus eros eroides - False Eros Blue

Polyommatus eros eroides - False Eros Blue

Author: Tomáš Vrána

Polyommatus eros - Eros Blue

Polyommatus eros - Eros Blue

Polyommatus eros - Eros Blue

Polyommatus eros menelaos - Taygetos Blue

Polyommatus eros menelaos - Taygetos Blue

Polyommatus eros menelaos - Taygetos Blue

Polyommatus eros menelaos - Taygetos Blue

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Taxon in country check-lists*

Europe: Austria, Czechia (Moravia†), Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia (Siberia, Kamchatka), Serbia, Slovakia†, Switzerland, Asia: China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Turkey

* List of countries might not be complete

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Included taxa

Number of records: 13

subspecies Polyommatus eros aloisi Bálint, 1988
subspecies Polyommatus eros amdoensis (Wnukowsky, 1929)
subspecies Polyommatus eros boisduvalii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)
subspecies Polyommatus eros eroides (Frivaldszky, 1835) - False Eros Blue

Polyommatus eros eroides

subspecies Polyommatus eros eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)

Polyommatus eros eros

subspecies Polyommatus eros erotides Staudinger, 1892
subspecies Polyommatus eros gansuensis Murayama, 1983
subspecies Polyommatus eros kamtshadalis (Sheljuzhko, 1933)
subspecies Polyommatus eros menelaos Brown, 1976 - Taygetos Blue

Polyommatus eros menelaos

subspecies Polyommatus eros meoticus Zhdanko & Stshurov, 1998
subspecies Polyommatus eros napaea (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)
subspecies Polyommatus eros tshetverikovi Nekrutenko, 1977
subspecies Polyommatus eros yildizae Koçak, 1977

Links and literature

CZ Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody (ISOP) 2023.4 [111483]

Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody (ISOP) [http://portal.nature.cz] [as Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)]
Data retrieved on: 25 April 2023
EN Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa [PolyoEros]

Mazzei P., Reggianti D., Pimpinelli I.: Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa [http://www.leps.it]
EN SR Djurić M.: Butterflies of Serbia [http://leptiri.beograd.com/index.html] [as Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)]
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
CZ EN Hejda R., Farkač J., Chobot K. (eds.) (2017): Červený seznam ohrožených druhů České republiky - Bezobratlí, Příroda 36, AOPK ČR [as Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)]
Data retrieved on: 27 February 2025
EN Jakšić P., Nahirnić A., Petrović S. (2013): Compendium of Serbian Butterflies with Vernacular Names, Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, 6: 75-88 [as Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)]
Data retrieved on: 18 January 2014
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o original combination

unav. unavailable name - published name that does not conform to the rules of Code

† species extinct or not found recently in area described by check-list



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